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UNIVERSAL DEAD

EPISODE ONE

UNIVERSAL DEAD was written and produced by original feoamante.com alumni and producer of my short film, LAST CALL, Kelly Parks. It was directed and produced by my editor for LAST CALL, Vernon E. Mortensen. I served as Production Designer.

Originally shot as a webseries, the cast for Webisode One includes D.B. Sweeney, Gary Graham, Michael Broderick, Valerie Perez, Cade Courtley, and Craig Sawyer. Watch for my cameo as a Zombie in the black "Cruel Satyr" T-shirt. This and two more webisodes were shot in a rush in only three days and for a budget that would usually pay for just one day of craft services on any other film project.

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Universal Dead

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NEWS

By May 28, these were some of the websites around the world talking about or linking to episode one of UNIVERSAL DEAD

May 28, 2010

HouseofHorrors
Universal Dead: The Web Series From Hell
This is the scenario featured in UNIVERSAL HELL, an internet series directed by Vernon Mortensen and starring Doug Jones (QUARANTINE), DB Sweeney (FIRE IN THE SKY) and Gary Graham (TV's ALIEN NATION).

It looks good. The first episode definitely left me wanting more.


May 25, 2010

Cena Do Crime (Brazil)
Universal Dead
Web-serie são uma constante nos EUA. E aqui está mais uma para você acompanhar de perto: Universal Dead.

Fearnet.com
Watch Doug Jones In Universal Dead
Longtime FEARnet fans know that we make no attempt to hide our love for Doug Jones here.

Flash Your Shorts
Hey Flashers!

Welcome back to a great week here at Flash Your Shorts. I hope you all enjoyed our presentation of the first three episodes of THE SUNSET PLAYERS last week. This week we have three great new short films for you to check out, including the first episode of UNIVERSAL DEAD, which is a new Zombie Web Series from Unconventional Films. I had the pleasure of working on a few episodes of this series last year, and I want to share this awesome show with you...plus, it stars DB Sweeney, Gary Graham, and Doug Jones!

Horror.com
The Universal Dead Have Legs!
A new web-series based on the feature film UNIVERSAL DEAD has been unleashed, and like the zombies it portrays, it seems to be going, well, viral.


May 24, 2010

Reddit - Zombies
Universal Dead -- episode 1 (youtube.com)
submitted 5 days ago by girlprotagonist

SFCrowsNest
Universal Dead
Contributed by Jessica Martin
Another new TV-on-the-web experience made semi-professionally and hoping to attract the big kabuckzies.


Universal Dead - Undead group shot
UNDEAD GROUP SHOT
Left to Right
(The Unknown Soldier), ROBERT "Pyute" HESSEN, E.C. "Feo Amante" McMULLEN JR.,
DANIEL GARCIA, IVAN GARCIA, (The Unknown Zombie), ELSA WILLAMS, (The Other Unknown Zombie)

May 23, 2010

nigredo's room
Zombies ahoy!
Universal Dead
The first episode of this zombie series by SpatterTelevision looks intriguing.


May 22, 2010

Tuez-les Tous (France)
Une nouvelle web-série : UNIVERSAL DEAD
Le très sympathique blog La-fin-du-monde.fr a révélé l’existence d’une nouvelle web-série zombie.

la-fin-du-monde.fr (France)
Universal dead
Le 1er épisode d’Universal dead, une nouvelle web-série sur une épidémie de zombie vient de sortir et cela donne franchement envie de voir la suite.

THE ZOMBIE ZONE
The Beginning of the End?
Anyway, since I posted a picture from a zombie movie, I may as well talk about Zombie Films. Below is the first installment of a new Webseries, "Universal Dead," starring D.B. Sweeney (Fire in the Sky), Gary Graham ("Alien Nation") and Doug Jones (Pan's Labyrinth; Legion):


May 21, 2010

POP MATTERS
Zombie Alert! Universal Dead: Episode 1 (video)

SF SIGNAL
Universal Dead: A New Web Series About the Zombie Apocalypse
Here's the premise and epsiode #1:

SPIKED HUMOR
Universal Dead - Episode 1
Planet Earth is ravaged by a strange disease that turns people into mindless murderers.


May 20, 2010

THOSE WE LEFT BEHIND
Universal Dead - new Zombie Apocalypse 'web series' that looks better than most zombie films proper! (2010)

UD Crew
Left to Right
E.C. "Feo Amante" McMULLEN JR. (Production Artist),
VERNON E. MORTENSEN (Producer/Director),
KELLY PARKS (Writer/Producer).
Still Photo by Luz McMullen

GEEK NEWS
Universal Dead
Universal Dead, the web series from hell.

SciFinal
Universal Dead
Bite check!

WEBISODE NOW
Universal Dead - Webisode One

MIND'S DELIGHT (Germany)
Universal Dead - The Webseries from Hell

THE ZOMBIE NATION
Universal Dead: Episode 1

KARL HESS BLOG
KHC Guest Eddie McMullen's Universal Dead
KHC attendees may remember horror journalist Eddie McMullen, who writes for FeoAmante.com and appeared at last March's KHC meeting.

Barry Link's PHINEUS: Magician For Hire
Universal Dead
Really, really cool stuff. Can't wait to see more.

OPEN BOOK SOCIETY
MOVIE NEWS FOR MAY 20TH: ZOMBIES, TRANSFORMERS CASTING, MEGAMIND TRAILER, AND MORE
The first episode of web series Universal Dead, featuring DB Sweeney, Doug Jones, and Gary Graham, has been posted, and it’s pretty damn cool. Watching will make you hunger for more.


May 19, 2010

Neill Trusso, Feo Amante
IT TOOK A LOTTA WIIK TO MAKE THIS MOVIE
Left to Right
Producer NEIL TRUSSO,
Production Designer & Art Director E.C. "Feo Amante" McMULLEN JR.

TheStar.com - The Toronto News
The Universal Dead

Current.com
UNIVERSAL DEAD - Sci-Fi Horror Web Series!
The first episode of web series Universal Dead, featuring DB Sweeney, Doug Jones, and Gary Graham, has been posted, and it's pretty damn cool. Watching will make you hunger for more.

Filmmaker Vernon Mortensen used to be on a Navy SEAL team, and you can tell - there's a nice realism to his depiction of the military, despite the completely fantastical premise of the series.

FangirlsHandbag
Universal Dead – New Webseries starring Doug Jones, DB Sweeny and Gary Graham

Fooyoh.com
Zombie Action Web Series: Universal Dead

GenreAddict.com
Watch “Universal Dead” Episode 1, a New Zombie Web Series

Moria City (Spanish language)
Universal Dead: webserie de zombis... perdón, infectados.

Sapao318 (Portugal)
Universal Dead! mais zumbis? sem duvida!
Pois é meu jovem leitor! agora é zumbis de tudo que é lado! LEGAL ISSO! Nesse Universal Dead o esquema é feito todo na net!

UnnaturalEye
Hot Zombie Action in Universal Dead

ANDREW EMMETT (Great Britain)
Zombies tried to eat my brain
Universal Dead a new web series has just hit the youtube. It’s features D.B. Sweeney a regular on major U.S. shows and has appeared in a smorgasbord of movies including No Man’s Land and Memphis Belle. Plus Gary Graham another seasoned actor with plenty of performances under his belt, including Star Trek Enterprise and JAG.

IFMagazine
Interview: DOUG JONES TAKES ON 'LEGION'
The actor talks his new movie (which just hit DVD), plus THE HOBBIT, FRANKENSTEIN, UNIVERSAL DEAD, religion and more

LIVE FOR FILMS
Universal Death – Zombie web series starring DB Sweeney, Gary Graham and Doug Jones
Check out the first episode in this cool looking zombie web series. It is by Neil Trusso and Vernon Mortensen who were both in the Navy.

ZOMBIE UNION
A Truly Awesome Web Series
Zombies have hit the internet again in the form of a new web series Universal Dead, from an independent film company called “Unconventional Films.”


Valerie and Kelly
Left to Right
VALERIE PEREZ (Actor - Angela) , KELLY PARKS (Writer/Producer).

Photo by Luz McMullen

May 18, 2010

GeekTheory
Universal Dead, Pt. 1
And here’s the first episode of a new Web Series about a team of Navy SEALS protecting a CDC doctor during a zombie plague.

ScienceFictionToday
The first episode of web series Universal Dead, featuring DB Sweeney, Doug Jones, and Gary Graham.

io9.com
Get addicted to zombie action web series "Universal Dead"

TheAwesomer.com
Universal Dead: Episode 1

PodCastingNews.com
New Web Series, Universal Dead, Features Serial Zombie Action


May 14, 2010

HugAZombie.com
Catch First Episode of Zombie Webseries Universal Dead

IMDb.com News
Catch First Episode of Zombie Webseries Universal Dead


May 11, 2010

UD Crew Too
UNIVERSAL DEAD CREW
Left to Right
Producer NEILL TRUSSO, Actor GARY GRAHAM,
Writer/Producer KELLY PARKS, Director/Producer VERNON E. MORTENSEN,
Production Designer E.C. "Feo Amante" McMULLEN JR.

BrainsBrainsBrains.org
Universal Dead – Episode 1

ShootForTheHead
Universal Dead Episode 1


May 3, 2010

ZetaComeZombie (Italy)
Universal Dead.


May 1, 2010

Zomicz.com (Spain)
Contenidos - Capitulos de Web Series


April 25, 2010

ZombieZoneNews
Check out this terrific new web series “Universal Dead”


March 12, 2010

La PRENSA SAN DIEGO
Local San Diego Filmmakers Bring the Gritty Boxing Drama “Chamaco” Starring Martin Sheen to the Latino Film Festival
Vernon Mortensen and Neil Trusso both served as Co-Executive Producers and Kelly Parks has been assigned to handle Chamaco’s local San Diego promotions. In addition to Chamaco, Unconventional Films is the production company behind the highly successful comedy, The Crusader (99% Funny on Funny or Die) and the sci-fi/horror movie, Universal Dead, starring DB Sweeney and Dough Jones.


March 11, 2010

CastTV.com
Universal Dead -- Episode 1


Jan 24, 2010

FILM REVIEW ONLINE
Legion – Doug Jones on prosthetic make-up and rumours of The Hobbit
"I also have a webisode series coming up with DB Sweeney and Gary Graham, who was on Alien Nation, called Universal Dead, about a zombie outbreak."


Jan. 22, 2010

FEAR.net
Doug Jones Talks 'Legion', 'Hobbit' and 'Frankenstein'
With the internet what it is now, I love the webisode world. I have one coming up with D.B. Sweeny and Gary Graham called Universal Dead. A zombie outbreak happens, and I play the scientist heading up the team that is finding out the reasons why. It's got a nice twist to it – one of the best reasons for a zombie outbreak that I've ever seen.


November 16, 2009

WEB SERIES NETWORK
November 16, 2009 at 4:28pm
DB Sweeney, Doug Jones and Gary Graham join real US Navy SEALs to save mankind from the Zombie Apocalypse


October 31, 2009
From Vernon Mortensen
UNIVERSAL DEAD
DB Sweeney (HEAR NO EVIL, SPAWN), Gary Graham (ROBOT JOX, ALIEN NATION [TV], NECRONOMICON) and sci-fi Horror Thriller fan favorite Doug Jones (DOOM, HELLBOY [all], PAN'S LABYRINTH, QUARANTINE) have joined the cast of UNIVERSAL DEAD, a new web series from San Diego based Unconventional Films.

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Webisode Two - San Diego Comic-con

Webisode Three - After



Feb. 5, 2010
FlickFilosopher.com
trailer break: ‘Universal Dead’


ACTOR LINKS

UNIVERSAL DEAD actor Doug Jones (HELLBOY, PAN'S LABYRINTH, HELLBOY II) devotes a section to UNIVERSAL DEAD: Behind The Scenes.

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